by swatiyoga | Nov 3, 2013 | Ashram, Yoga
It’s a challenge getting to the Mandala ashram – a converted farmhouse perched on a hill in the middle of Wales — for pretty much any visitor. Not a bad thing necessarily: I felt like I was going on a pilgrimage. It took me four hours by car from Dorset:...
by swatiyoga | Sep 1, 2013 | NLP, Teaching Yoga, Yoga Business
Different Mind Levels The mind relates to the world around it on different levels, according to NLP author and consultant Robert Dilts. If you want to operate effectively in a certain role, all the levels have to be in alignment. For example, you want to assume the...
by swatiyoga | Aug 18, 2013 | Ayurveda
Brahmi hair oil. This hair oil (ideally made with coconut oil) cools the head. This is said to make the brain better for meditation, prevent headaches, and even diminish grey hairs. In India I bought Ramtirth oil as well as Parachute advansed ayurvedic hair oil, which...
by swatiyoga | Jul 13, 2013 | Divination, Tibetan Buddhism
One of the most common ways of divination in Tibetan is with dice. If you have an important decision to make, you go and see a lama and he rolls a couple of dice and advises you. A friend of mine, an ex-Tibetan monk, has used Mo. When he crossed the boarder from Tibet...
by swatiyoga | May 30, 2013 | Divination, Yoga Philosopy
I expect you were like me and played Snakes & Ladders as a child. It seems rather boring now, just watching each dice throw to see whether you would scale up canary-yellow ladders, or slide down evil-eyed snakes. But the game has a fascinating history,...
